[nggallery id=4994] (Remember to click on the captions.) Of all the athletes I’ve covered over the years, none have been more captivating, and in many ways more inspiring, than John Napier, the Olympic bobsledder from Schenectady. After competing in Vancouver in 2010, he had to lobby the Army before being allowed to suspend training and […]
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From Brendan Lyons: CLIFTON PARK — A retired state trooper from Saratoga County whose image in a Norman Rockwell painting became a legacy for police across the nation, died Sunday at 83. Richard “Dick” Clemens of Clifton Park, a former Massachusetts state trooper, was Rockwell’s neighbor when he posed in his uniform for the iconic painting, […]
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The faces largely blur. The names, a lot of them anyway, are largely lost forever. Some will remain forever embedded in my mind, important fixtures in memory and my life, for the lessons they imparted that often had little to do with the subject matter they taught. Like Mr. C., my third-grade teacher, who never […]
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[nggallery id=4965] “The Avengers” has gone to heights even Harry Potter couldn’t reach on his broom, becoming the first movie to break the $200 million barrier for its opening weekend, its studio estimates. Check out the slide show for the 10 biggest opening weekends of all time. (Note: All are in the last decade.) Remember […]
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